Texas Judicial News

http://c3.thevoterguide.org/v/dallas14/build.do About this Voter Guide Our Voter Guide for the March 4 primary election allows you to compare candidates in key contested races and their responses to issues side-by-side and to create your own ballot, which you can...

January 30, 2014 (http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20140130-editorial-we-recommend-hecht-in-gop-primary-for-texas-supreme-court-chief-justice.ece?nclick_check=1) Editorial: We recommend Hecht in GOP primary for Texas Supreme Court chief justice We...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 29, 2014 Contact: Meg Meo, mmeo@echristianpr.com or Lia Pette, lpette@echristianpr.com 512-472-9599 Texas Civil Justice League Releases Video as Part of Statewide Campaign to Increase Voter Participation in Judicial Races AUSTIN, Texas –...

January 24, 2014 Contact: Osler McCarthy, staff attorney/public information 512.463.1441 or click for email Texas Supreme Court advisory AT 25 YEARS AND 26 DAYS, CHIEF JUSTICE HECHT MARKS HISTORY AS LONGEST-SERVING JUSTICE Texas’ longest-serving appellate judge, Chief...

Join the TCJL Campaign to Elect Qualified Judges! The Texas Civil Justice League (TCJL) has launched a statewide voter education effort to increase awareness about the importance of electing—and re-electing!—qualified judges.  As Texans, we get to elect our judges and...

January 17, 2014 (http://www.quorumreport.com/index.cfm) by Harvey Kronberg Pool had argued there were defects in Brown’s application The Texas Supreme Court on Friday declined to hear the case of a Republican primary challenger to Justice Jeff Brown for Place 6. The...

Texas appellate judges have to be absolutely independent of political pressures.  Cases should be decided on the facts and the law, not on politics or the latest press. Study the candidates carefully to satisfy yourself that the people you help elect measure up to the...

January 8, 2014 Contact: Matt Mackowiak 512-423-6116 Justice Brown Statement on Joe Pool, Jr’s Failed Lawsuit http://www.justicejeffbrown.com/ https://www.facebook.com/JusticeBrown...

January 6, 2014 (http://www.statesman.com/news/news/judge-supreme-court-justice-can-remain-on-ballot/ncdkx/) By Chuck Lindell American-Statesman Staff A Travis County judge on Monday declined to remove Texas Supreme Court Justice Jeff Brown from the Republican primary...

December 18, 2013 (http://www.chron.com/news/politics/houston/article/Judge-removed-from-eight-more-cases-5076662.php) By Kiah Collier A Harris County family court judge under investigation for allegedly backdating court records was removed from eight more cases by a...